Chapter 13, Verse 2
Chapter 13 · karma-yoga
Shloka
श्रीभगवानुवाच | इदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते | एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः ||१३-२||
śrībhagavānuvāca . idaṃ śarīraṃ kaunteya kṣetramityabhidhīyate . etadyo vetti taṃ prāhuḥ kṣetrajña iti tadvidaḥ ||13-2||
English Meaning
English Meaning
The Blessed Lord said This body, O Arjuna, is called the field; he who knows it is called the knower of the field, by those who know of them.
Hindi Meaning
श्रीभगवान् ने कहा -- हे कौन्तेय ! यह शरीर क्षेत्र कहा जाता है और इसको जो जानता है, उसे तत्त्वज्ञ जन, क्षेत्रज्ञ कहते हैं।।
Russian Meaning
Благословенный Господь сказал: Это тело, о Арджуна, называется полем; того, кто знает его, те, кто знает о нем, называют знающим поле.
Spanish Meaning
El Bendito Señor dijo: Este cuerpo, oh Arjuna, se llama campo; el que lo sabe es llamado conocedor del campo, por los que saben de él.
Commentary
Kshetra literally means field. The body is so called because the fruits (harvest) of actions in the form of pleasure and pain are reaped in it as in a field. The physical? the mental and the causal bodies go to constitute the totality of the field. It is not the physical body alone that forms the field.He who knows the field and he who beholds it as distinct from himself through knowledge is the knower of the field or matter.Those who know them The sages.